U.S. patent office declares Apple multitouch patent invalid… non-finally
Patent guru Florian Mueller reports today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has tentatively declared one of Apple’s key multitouch patents invalid, marking the second patent-related...
View ArticleGoogle Maps hits iOS, smacks down Nokia
The big news today is the release of Google Maps for iOS, and the app is already an unqualified success: David Pogue stumbled over himself to praise the new offering, and iPhone users made it the App...
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Why we’re excited about Structure:Data — Mapping Sessions
Spring is right around the corner, which means that the GigaOM conference season is about to kick into high gear. As usual, we’ll be starting off with Structure:Data, our two-day event about big data,...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s edge in the mobile enterprise
New data from Forrester Research (via Apple Insider) indicates end users increasingly want to use Apple’s devices on the job. The market research firm’s annual Mobile Workforce Adoption Trends report...
View ArticleBlackBerry’s ticking clock
Shares of BlackBerry slipped almost 5 percent today after Home Depot announced it will issue iPhones to nearly 10,000 executives and managers, replacing the BlackBerry devices those employees currently...
View ArticleWhy mobile advertising is finally ramping up
AdAge reports today that eMarketer has ratcheted up its forecast for the U.S. mobile advertising market this year, predicting industry revenues will reach $7.29 billion in 2013 rather than the $7.19...
View ArticleWhy Google will do just fine in mobile search
There’s plenty of analysis coming out of Facebook’s big media event in Menlo Park today — far too much analysis, in my opinion — so I’ll point your attention to this little-noticed piece from the New...
View ArticleDevelopers should be paying attention — at the very least — to Sailfish OS
The Finnish startup Jolla announced this morning via Twitter that it has released Sailfish OS SDK installers for Windows, OS X and Linux. The SDK was trotted out at MWC in Barcelona several weeks ago,...
View ArticlePodcast: Why the world needs wearable computing
From smart watches to devices that monitor health, wearables are hot items on the market today. In the latest GigaOM Research podcast, Michael Wolf and Jody Ranck discuss wearable’s place in the...
View ArticleWho else might be considering acquiring WhatsApp?
Digital Trends is reporting that WhatsApp is in negotiations to sell out to Google in a deal that could be in the billion-dollar range. WhatsApp has long been the subject of acquisition rumors and is...
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